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Paid partnership

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

nounCommon term

In social media & content creation, paid partnership means: A collaboration where a creator or publisher receives payment or other value from a brand for content, and on some platforms the same phrase is also used for the disclosure label on that content.

In Turkish: ücretli iş birliği, sponsorlu iş birliği

How it is used

Common in influencer marketing, campaign planning, and platform settings. It may refer to the business arrangement itself or to the visible label that tells viewers the content is sponsored.

Example sentences

  1. Before the skincare reel went live, the legal team checked that the paid partnership label appeared above the caption and was visible on both iPhone and Android screens.

    Here, paid partnership means the platform's disclosure label, which informs viewers that the post has a compensated brand relationship.

  2. She declined a paid partnership with the snack brand because the brief focused on comedy skits, while her audience follows her account mainly for workplace productivity tips.

    In this sentence, the term refers to the commercial collaboration itself, not to the label shown on the finished content.

Common collocations

  • paid partnership label
  • paid partnership post
  • accept a paid partnership
  • disclose a paid partnership
  • brand dealAn agreement in which a brand pays a creator, in money or products, to make content that promotes it.
  • disclosureA clear statement telling the audience that content is paid or sponsored or involves a commercial relationship, such as '#ad' or a paid partnership label.

More terms: Brand Deals and Monetization

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